25 Sep
2003
25 Sep
'03
5:12 p.m.
yes the s 100 part is that way also... the separate chingus is the data
access arrangement (DAA) that makes it legal for the board to hook to ma
bell...
for interesting trip google carterphone decision
Thanks!
Ed Sharpe Archivist for SMECC
See the Southwest Museum of Engineering, Communications and Computation
online at:
http://www.smecc.org
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tothwolf" <tothwolf(a)concentric.net>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2003 12:30 PM
Subject: Re: *****hayes modem history.....
On Thu, 25 Sep 2003, Ed Sharpe wrote:
Hayes pioneered the 'Smart Modems'. These
modems fit inside the computer
and could be programmed to automatically dial a phone number or answer
the phone. Hayes advertised: "Since it is a direct connect device, it
has none of the losses and distortions associated with acoustic
couplers.
The Apple modems I have are made up of two parts. There is a card that
goes into the computer, which is pretty much the modem's brains. There is
also an external box that contains the telephone line interface circuitry
and some other misc bits. They are connected by a ribbon cable, which I
*think* is 16 conductor (I'd have to look).
-Toth